The Best of Don Marquis

The Best of Don Marquis

Alma R. Cardi, Garden City, New York, 1946

Description

Juror Notes

It is hoped that standardization of formats to maximum press and paper sizes will never eliminate the planning of a small, narrow book such as this. It has a fine “feel,” with pleasant bulk and text paper and a delightfully inviting type page. The binding is smart; the title page is well laid out but the title lines are a trifle light in color.

Collections: Fifty Books of the Year (1947)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Designer
Alma R. Cardi
Illustrator
George Herriman
Illustrations
ink drawings
Author
Christopher Morley (introduction)
Trim size
4.5 x 7.25 inches
Pages
704
Price
$3.00
Typefaces
Fairfield [Linotype] 10 pt., 3 pt. leading, Futura and Bauer [Intertype] (title page), Futura (other display), Type Measure: 18 x 36 picas
Compositor
Country Life Press
Printer
Aswel-Law Brief Press, Inc.
Printing method
letterpress
Paper
Glatfelter’s MF, 37 x 61–107/500, 45 lb.
Paper supplies
Perkins & Squier Co.
Binder
Country Life Press
Binding materials
Holliston Novelex [black], stamped Grauert copper foil
Publisher
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
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